Iwate-Kawaguchi Station

Iwate-Kawaguchi Station (岩手川口駅, Iwate-Kawaguchi-eki) is a railway station on the Iwate Ginga Railway Line in the town of Iwate, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Iwate Ginga Railway.

Iwate-Kawaguchi Station 岩手川口駅
Iwate-Kawaguchi Station in August 2007
General information
Location	Kawaguchi dai-9 jiwari 68-1, Iwate-machi, Iwate-gun, Iwate-ken 028-4211 Japan
Coordinates	39°55′09″N 141°11′58″E
Operated by	Iwate Galaxy Railway Company
Line(s)	■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line
Distance	26.9 km from Morioka
Platforms	1 island +1 side platform
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	11 January 1898
Previous names	Kawaguchi Station (to 1934)
Passengers
FY2015	296 daily
Location Iwate-Kawaguchi Station Location within Japan

Lines

Iwate-Kawaguchi Station is served by the Iwate Ginga Railway Line, and is located 26.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station and 562.2 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Iwate-Kawaguchi Station has an island platform and a single side platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1	■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line	for Iwate-Numakunai, Ninohe and Hachinohe
2	■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line	(passing loop)
3	■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line	for Kōma and Morioka

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Iwate Ginga Railway Line
Kōma		-	Iwate-Numakunai

History

Iwate-Kawaguchi Station was opened as Kawagichi Station (川口駅, Kawaguchi-eki) on 11 January 1898. It was renamed to its present name on 1 February 1934. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987 and was transferred to the Iwate Ginga Railway on 1 September 2002.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 296 passengers daily.^[1]

Surrounding area

• Kawaguchi Post Office
• Kawaguchi Elementary School
• Kawaguchi Middle School